2020–21 RC Celta de Vigo season
# 2020–21 RC Celta de Vigo season

The 2020–21 season was the 97th season in the existence of RC Celta de Vigo and the club's ninth consecutive season in the top flight of Spanish football. In addition to the domestic league, Celta Vigo participated in this season's edition of the Copa del Rey. The season covered the period from 20 July 2020 to 30 June 2021, with the late start to the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain.

## Players

### First-team squad

    As of 23 January 2021

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | GK | ESP | Iván Villar |
| 2 | DF | ESP | Hugo Mallo (captain) |
| 3 | DF | ESP | David Costas |
| 4 | DF | MEX | Néstor Araujo |
| 5 | MF | TUR | Okay Yokuşlu |
| 6 | MF | ESP | Denis Suárez |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Fran Beltrán |
| 9 | FW | ESP | Nolito |
| 10 | FW | ESP | Iago Aspas (vice-captain) |
| 11 | FW | TUR | Emre Mor |
| 13 | GK | ESP | Rubén Blanco |
| 14 | MF | PER | Renato Tapia |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 15 | DF | URU | Lucas Olaza (on loan from Boca Juniors) |
| 16 | DF | ESP | Jorge Sáenz (on loan from Valencia) |
| 17 | DF | ESP | David Juncà |
| 18 | DF | GHA | Joseph Aidoo |
| 19 | DF | ESP | Aarón Martín (on loan from Mainz 05) |
| 20 | DF | ESP | Kevin |
| 21 | MF | ARG | Augusto Solari |
| 22 | FW | ESP | Santi Mina |
| 23 | MF | ESP | Brais Méndez |
| 24 | DF | COL | Jeison Murillo (on loan from Sampdoria) |
| 25 | GK | ESP | Sergio (3rd captain) |
| 27 | MF | ESP | Miguel Baeza |

### Reserve team

**List of B-team players with senior squad numbers**

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| 26 | GK | ESP | Iago Domínguez |
| 28 | DF | ESP | Diego Pampín |
| 29 | DF | ESP | José Fontán |
| 31 | MF | ESP | Gabri Veiga |
| 32 | FW | ESP | Miguel Rodríguez |
| 34 | DF | ESP | Sergio Carreira |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 35 | MF | ESP | Raúl Blanco |
| 36 | FW | ESP | Alfon (on loan from Albacete) |
| 39 | MF | SCO | Jordan Holsgrove |
| 38 | FW | URU | Lautaro De León |
| 40 | DF | ESP | Carlos Domínguez |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| — | GK | ESP | Ruly (at Unionistas until 30 June 2021) |
| — | MF | ESP | Jozabed (at Málaga until 30 June 2021) |
| — | FW | ESP | Álvaro Vadillo (at Espanyol until 30 June 2021) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | URU | Gabriel Fernández (at Zaragoza until 30 June 2021) |
| — | FW | ESP | Juan Hernández (at Sabadell until 30 June 2021) |

## Transfers

### In

| Date | Player | From | Type | Fee |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 21 July 2020 | Róbert Mazáň | Tenerife | Loan return | Loan return |
| 4 August 2020 | Renato Tapia | Feyenoord | Transfer | Free |
| 4 August 2020 | Álvaro Vadillo | Granada | Transfer | Free |
| 7 August 2020 | Emre Mor | Olympiacos | Loan return | Loan return |
| 15 August 2020 | Miguel Baeza | Real Madrid B | Transfer | €2.5M |
| 17 August 2020 | David Costas | Almería | Loan return | Loan return |
| 24 August 2020 | Jozabed | Girona | Loan return | Loan return |
| 16 September 2020 | Jeison Murillo | Sampdoria | Loan | Loan |
| 31 December 2020 | Aarón Martín | Mainz 05 | Loan | Loan |
| 23 January 2021 | Augusto Solari | Racing Club | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 1 February 2021 | Facundo Ferreyra | Benfica | Transfer | Free |

### Out

| Date | Player | To | Type | Fee |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 20 July 2020 | Filip Bradarić | Cagliari | Loan return | Loan return |
| 20 July 2020 | Pape Cheikh | Lyon | Loan return | Loan return |
| 20 July 2020 | Jeison Murillo | Sampdoria | Loan return | Loan return |
| 20 July 2020 | Rafinha | Barcelona | Loan return | Loan return |
| 20 July 2020 | Fyodor Smolov | Lokomotiv Moscow | Loan return | Loan return |
| 27 August 2020 | Juan Hernández | Sabadell | Loan | Loan |
| 7 September 2020 | Pione Sisto | Midtjylland | Transfer | €2.5M |
| 11 September 2020 | Gabriel Fernández | Zaragoza | Loan | Loan |
| 11 September 2020 | Róbert Mazáň | Mladá Boleslav | Transfer | Free |
| 16 August 2020 | Jozabed | Málaga | Loan | Loan |
| 1 February 2021 | Okay Yokuşlu | West Bromwich Albion | Loan | Loan |
| 1 February 2021 | Lucas Olaza | Real Valladolid | Loan | Loan |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions

### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| La Liga | 12 September 2020 | 22 May 2021 | Matchday 1 | 8th | 38 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 55 | 57 | −2 | 036.84 |
| Copa del Rey | 17 December 2020 | 5 January 2021 | First round | Second round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 40 | 15 | 11 | 14 | 62 | 62 | +0 | 037.50 |

Source: Soccerway

### La Liga

**League table**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 6 | Real Betis | 38 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 50 | 50 | 0 | 61 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 7 | Villarreal | 38 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 60 | 44 | +16 | 58 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 8 | Celta Vigo | 38 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 55 | 57 | −2 | 53 | |
| 9 | Granada | 38 | 13 | 7 | 18 | 47 | 65 | −18 | 46 | |
| 10 | Athletic Bilbao | 38 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 46 | 42 | +4 | 46 | |

* ↑ Since the winners of the 2020–21 Copa del Rey, Barcelona, qualified for the 2021–22 UEFA Champions League based on league position, the spot awarded to the cup winners (Europa League group stage) was passed to the sixth-placed team, and the spot awarded to the sixth-placed team (2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League play-off round) was passed to the seventh-placed team, Villareal.
* ↑ Villarreal qualified for the 2021–22 UEFA Champions League by winning the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League. Based on their league position (7th), they would have received the spot above to enter the Europa Conference League play-off round. This spot was vacated without replacement as per UEFA regulations.
* 1 2 Granada finished ahead of Athletic Bilbao on head-to-head goal difference: Granada 2–0 Athletic Bilbao, Athletic Bilbao 2–1 Granada.

**Results summary**

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |

Source: La Liga

**Results by round**

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | W | D | L | L | L | D | L | D | L | W | W | W | W | D | W | L | L | L | D | D | D | W | L | D | W | D | L | W | L | L | W | D | W | W | W | W | L |
| Position | 9 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |

**Matches**

The league fixtures were announced on 31 August 2020.

## Statistics

### Appearances and goals

    Last updated on 22 May 2021.

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | La Liga | La Liga | Copa del Rey | Copa del Rey |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | GK | ESP | Iván Villar | 23 | 0 | 19+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | ESP | Rubén Blanco | 19 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | ESP | Sergio | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | ESP | Hugo Mallo | 32 | 4 | 30+1 | 3 | 0+1 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | ESP | David Costas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | MEX | Néstor Araujo | 33 | 0 | 26+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | ESP | Jorge Sáenz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | ESP | David Juncà | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | GHA | Joseph Aidoo | 27 | 0 | 14+11 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | ESP | Aarón Martín | 20 | 0 | 17+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | ESP | Kevin Vázquez | 8 | 0 | 5+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | COL | Jeison Murillo | 32 | 2 | 31 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | ESP | José Fontán | 16 | 0 | 7+7 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | ESP | Sergio Carreira | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 40 | DF | ESP | Carlos Domínguez | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 6 | MF | ESP | Denis Suárez | 37 | 0 | 34+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Fran Beltrán | 34 | 3 | 13+19 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | PER | Renato Tapia | 34 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | ARG | Augusto Solari | 16 | 2 | 3+13 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | ESP | Brais Méndez | 36 | 9 | 30+4 | 9 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | ESP | Miguel Baeza | 24 | 1 | 4+18 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | ESP | Gabri Veiga | 6 | 0 | 1+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | MF | SCO | Jordan Holsgrove | 6 | 1 | 0+5 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 |
| 44 | MF | ESP | Hugo Sotelo | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | FW | ESP | Nolito | 37 | 9 | 35+1 | 7 | 0+1 | 2 |
| 10 | FW | ESP | Iago Aspas | 34 | 14 | 33 | 14 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | TUR | Emre Mor | 13 | 1 | 6+5 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 12 | FW | ARG | Facundo Ferreyra | 13 | 1 | 2+11 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | ESP | Santi Mina | 35 | 13 | 29+5 | 12 | 0+1 | 1 |
| 32 | FW | ESP | Miguel Rodríguez | 4 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | FW | ESP | Alfon | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 38 | FW | URU | Lautaro De León | 3 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Players who have made an appearance or had a squad number this season but have left the club ||||||||||
| 5 | MF | TUR | Okay Yokuşlu | 14 | 0 | 3+9 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | URU | Lucas Olaza | 18 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

    As of 16 May 2021

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | La Liga | Copa del Rey | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 10 | FW | | Iago Aspas | 13 | 0 | 13 |
| 1 | 22 | FW | | Santi Mina | 12 | 1 | 13 |
| 3 | 9 | FW | | Nolito | 7 | 2 | 9 |
| 4 | 23 | MF | | Brais Méndez | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 5 | 2 | DF | | Hugo Mallo | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | 8 | MF | | Fran Beltrán | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | 21 | FW | | Augusto Solari | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | 24 | DF | | Jeison Murillo | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | 8 | MF | | Jordan Holsgrove | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | 11 | FW | | Emre Mor | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | 12 | FW | | Facundo Ferreyra | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 27 | MF | | Miguel Baeza | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 34 | DF | | Sergio Carreira | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 38 | FW | | Lautaro De León | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 53 | 7 | 60 |
